Dickson



Patented Mar. 14,1871,

/ Int 622160 I] (ii/W ama/ Witnesses I 'To all whom it may concern:

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SANDWICH, ILLINoIS.

Y "1 "I Letters Patent No. 112,559, dated. March 14, 187 1.

olivleRpvEomEm: in WAGON-BOXES nn HAY-RACKS.

sched nlefrefen'ed mm these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL DIcKson; of Sand- "wich, in the county of De, Kalb and State of-llliuois',

have invented *a new and useful Improvement in Wagons; and. II dohereby declare the following to I be a full, clear, and exact description thereoflwhich will enable: othersjskilledv n the art to which my inventionappertains t0 makelaud use the same, refer- I euce being bad to thefaccouipanyiug drawing formking part of this specification, Iih which- I Figure} is a side elevation of a wagon with my improvement attached; I v

1 Figure 2 is an end vieiv of thebox; 1 Figure 3 is a plan orI top view of a portion of the t m I I q I I I I I I I Fignre4 isI averticallongitudinal central section through the same;

Figure 5 is an enaiviw Figure 6 is aplan or top view of a portion of the a rails eniployedIihIformiiigthe same; and I Figure]? is a side elevation of my improvement when changed to a wood-rack;

, Similar letters'of reference indicate corresponding 1 parts in the several figuresiot' thejdrawing.

My invention I has for as object to arrange a wagonbox in s'u'ch a manneras to be readily changed to a, I hay or wood-rack and o o The natureof my improvement consists in the mechanical construction of the same, a description of which will he hereinafter fully given.

In the accompanying drawhigi I A'and A indicate the sides of thebox.

I Jlhe lower p'ortion Afismiade of thicker material I than isInsed in {the ordinary box, and connected laterally at the bottom by a system of girts ttc a a. o I provide theiunerI Isides of said lower portion with staples b b I) bywhich I receive the lower end of cleats secured verticallylgio the inner sides of the upper poruonA,-b w1uar means theparts are secured together B indicates the bed or bottom board ,which is closely fitted to the "sides, and provided at the forward end with cleat, O," which comes in, contact. with and gagairist the outer side of girt a.

Attached to thenpper side of said bottom board,

theopposite end,IisaIlike 'cleat, G, which comes i'n contact with and againstthe outer side of the end o o jfthe same, with parts at- I tacheth forming aliay rack I ters Patent, is-- I board D of the box, thus securing the same in a firm and fixed position.

it indicates a series of girts, to which are attached rails d l, which form the sides and bottom of he haythe ends of girts E in contact with and against the outer sides of box A, by which the same are held in a proper and fixed posit-ion.

Gris a girt 0r tie, which extends across from side to side of the rack, and is firmly secured to girts E at'or near their-router ends, the object of which s to connect thesides of the rack.

H indicates a series of upright posts, to the lower end of which is fitted. metal plates or straps, which are secured in said staples 1), whereby a cheap, eou venieut, and durable wood-rack is formed.

The operation of changing my invention fronr a wagon-box to a hay-rack is as follows:

1 remove the upper portion of the sides A, and attach to the lower portion A the sides and. bottom of the hay-rack, by introducing into staples b the straps f of gil'ts E, which I then connect by girt or tie G across the top. Thus a durab le and convenient hay-rack is obtained.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention,

What I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Let- 1. The bottom board B, provided withcleats G and v 0', arranged as described, in combination with sides A A, the whole constructed substantiallyin the'manpen and for the purpose specified.

2, The g'irts E, provided with strapsf and tie-girt G, in combination with side board A, the whole arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

, 3. The sides A A, girts E, straps f, tie-girt G, and

upright H, the whole arranged in combination, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

SAMUEL DIGKSON. Witnesses:

G. H. FROST, N. H. SHERBURNE. 

